Spanish Missions in Texas: Fill-In Notes
Focus: The Spanish built ______and ______in an effort to control Texas.
*Mission-Presidio System:
-Finding the French fort built by ______made Spanish fearful of the ______! Spanish NOT in control!
*The mission-presidio system: used by Spanish to ______in other parts of the new world.
*A mission was a settlement set up in______territory. ______, or members of clergy who belong to religious groups, invited native people to live at the missions.
*The friars taught them about ______, the language and customs of ______, and Spanish farming methods!
*The ______of the mission: to transform Native Americans into Christians and loyal ______subjects.
*Hoped mission by mission, Texas would become “Spanish.”
*A______protected a mission and offered protection from unfriendly ______.
The First Missions in Texas:
-In the 1680’s the Spanish tried to settle ______.
-______: built the mission of Corpus Christi de la Ysleta (ees-Leh-tah) among the ______people near present-day ______.
*There were no Spanish settlers in East Texas. *La Salle’s arrival turned Spain’s mission efforts to______.
*The missions in the East ______! WHY???
-Natives never took to the ______teachings and Spanish soldiers treated them______.
- American ______died from disease and ______destroyed ______’ crops.
*Natives blamed events on Spanish and plotted to kill them.
*The Spanish ______the missions and headed west!
Missions in the 1700’s
*In 1711, Spanish missionary, Father ______wanted to build more missions in East Texas among Caddo.
*Frenchman Louis St. Denis traveled through East Texas w/him and established ______Spanish missions and a presidio – including Los Adaes.
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San ______de Valero: (1718)
*The Spanish picked an area on the San Antonio river and built mission San Antonio de Valero as a good halfway point between the Rio Grande and E. Texas to stock and send______.
*Site offered many benefits: location, scenery, abundance of water and fish.
*Built the ______San Antonio de Bexar nearby.
Missions in ______Texas:
-Spanish missions faced ______by plains tribes.
-Cattle & horses stolen
-In 1749, the Lipan Apache and Spanish made ______.
-The Lipans agreed to convert to Christianity if the Spanish protected them from the Comanches!
-Spanish did not know....the mission was located in ______territory! Yikes!
-The Lipans hoped to start a war between the Spanish and Comanche!
-The Lipan Apache never really lived at the mission.
-In 1758, about 2,000 Comanches, Wichitas , and Tonkawas burned down the ______and killed most of the missionaries.
-The mission______and all sides remained hostile.
*Missionaries had less ______with plains tribes.